A core group of Palestinian and Israeli-Jewish activists based in Jaffa which formed around the issue of political prisoners, and has since staged countless demonstrations, vigils, marches and other actions, most of them in the city’s famed clock tower square.
Jaffa based activists gathered at the city’s historical clock tower square to protest the interception of the Women’s Boat to Gaza. The Zaytouna-Oliva left Barcelona with female activists from all over the world intending to break the decade long blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip by Israel. The Israeli navy stopped the Zaytouna on Wednesday…
Darin Tatur’s father also participated in the demonstration calling for the release of his daughter About 100 people participated in a demonstration at the historic clock tower square in Jaffa, callng for the release of Darin Tatur. Tatur, a Palestinian woman from the Galilee, was arrested last October for a poem she wrote, “rise, my…
Dozens of Jaffa based activists staged a vigil in solidarity with the Palestinians in al-Yarmouk refugee camp in the outskirts of Damascus, Syria. The camp has been under nonstop siege by the Assad regime for over two years, and countless people have been suffering hunger and constant shelling by the Syrian army. A few days…
Jaffa-based activists joined many other Palestinians all over the country expressing their rage over the killings of Sami al-Ja’ar and Sami al-Ziyadneh by the Israeli police. Activists, both Palestinians and Jewish allies, took to the city’s historic clock tower square with banners protesting police targeting of Arab citizens of the state and the continued impunity…
Jaffa-based activists welcome Samer al-‘Issawi, the former political prisoner and hunger striker, recently released from Israeli prison. ‘Issawi was received at the city’s historic clock tower square, where activists staged daily vigils calling for his release over an extended period of time. Update: during the summertime Israeli assault on Gaza, Samer Issawi was rearrested and…
Jaffa-based activists, Palestinian and Jews alike, staged a protest in the city’s “Gazan Park” to commemorate the Palestinians who were killed in Gaza by the IDF and protest the ongoing massacre. Holding torches, protesters chanted against the occupation of Palestine and the massacre. …
Hundreds of Yafa-based activists filled the city’s historic clock tower square in a show of rage over the killing of Muhammad Abu Khdeir from Shu’fat, and the current wave of racist incitement and violence towards Palestinians. Protesters also briefly blocked the road, bringing traffic to a halt. If you like my work, please also ‘like’…
Jaffa-based activists staged a vigil this evening, showing solidarity with the hunger striking Palestinian political prisoners. Demonstrators stood at clock tower square at the historic city center, calling for the release of prisoners and abolishing administrative detention. If you like my work, please also ‘like’ my facebook page. …
Palestinian and Israeli-Jewish activists staged a vigil in front of the Sourasky Medical Centre (Ichilov) in Tel Aviv, where several hunger striking prisoners are held, reportedly chained to their beds. Protesters held banners in solidarity with the prisoners, hunger striking for more than 40 days now and called for their release. If you like my…
Jaffa-based activists, both Palestinian and Jewish staged a protest near the historic building of the Jaffa municipality, on Jerusalem boulevard, formerly Jamal Basha / King George / Nuzha. Protesters handed cups with salted water to passers by in solidarity with the hunger striking political prisoners and briefly blocked the street, bringing traffic to a halt.…
